...Daniel Michael Peat; Charles H. Matthews; Amit J. Chauradia Purpose This paper explores the role of imprinting in shaping next-generation human capital within family firms, particularly focusing on how early-career experiences inside or outside the firm affect succession planning...

... with extended time-to-Unicorn, contradicting prior findings that emphasized the benefits of team size. Originality/value This study contributes to the Unicorn literature by challenging assumptions regarding the universally positive effects of founding teams' heterogeneity. It extends human capital theory...

... Human capital Social capital Psychological capital Cognitive capital Motivating the empirical analysis of this paper, is a body of thought stemming from institutional theory and in particular, the institutional difference hypothesis (IDH) (Garcia and Orsato, 2020 ; Julian and Ofori-Dankwa, 2013...

...Ye Zhang; Louise Scholes; Kun Fu; Mathew Hughes; Fangcheng Tang Purpose This paper is about equity crowdfunding syndicates as a form of entrepreneurial finance and looks specifically at the lead investors' human capital and their ability to raise funds. Design/methodology/approach The authors...

... found that the positive impact of OMs' human capital on SMEs' growth increases when these firms are focused on technology. Research limitations/implications The study yielded small-effect sizes for the impact of OMs' human capital and gender on SMEs' growth. Researchers can assess the influence...

... in human capital, the capabilities of the firm and the competitive dynamics of the business relative to other firms are examined. These actions are examined in conjunction with the offering of products, services or both, to determine the benefits of specific actions for firms. Design/methodology...

... ventures. Specifically, the authors run a Tobit regression model linking the amount of equity raised by the company to the human capital of the company. The authors focussed the analysis on the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the new company, who usually is a founder and, in the early stages, the most...

... of employment in new business ventures. This approach is in contrast to the bulk of other studies dealing with new employment generation in terms of numbers. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Human capital Entrepreneurship Employment growth Innovative business start-ups Job creation...

...Esteban Lafuente; Rodrigo Rabetino Purpose The objective of this paper is to examine the impact that certain human capital variables have over employment growth of small firms in Romania. Design/methodology/approach The human capital components considered in this paper are education, previous...

... groups and business advice providers. This leads to the conclusion that as well as bringing higher levels of human capital, the integration of in‐migrants into local economies is indirectly increasing the potential levels of human and social capital across the rural economy. Originality/value...

... explored the dynamics associated with the formation of the venture and/or later phases of firm development. There is a growing appreciation that entrepreneurial human capital drivers can shape the opportunity identification and exploitation process that creates future venture wealth (Busenitz et al...

... and leadership development programme options, with differentiated indicative syllabi. Originality/value This article reinforces the need for, and has demonstrated the importance of, enhancing human capital capability within professionals and practitioners in the incubation community. The conceptual framework...

...Ronald G. Cook; Paul Belliveau This article compares the educational background and years of work experience of students entering a Microenterprise Training Institute (MTI) program. Hypotheses were developed and tested to determine whether human capital attributes (education and work experience...

... and entrepreneurship education. The paper uses theoretically informed empirical modelling to identify and prioritise the drivers of local economic growth using data for Australia. The analyses demonstrate the significance of human capital and an enterprise culture in promoting local employment growth. From...

... played by human capital. It is concluded that the take‐up of e‐business by SMEs needs to be seen as a means to an end and not an end in itself. Government preoccupation with the take‐up of the technology of e‐commerce needs to be tempered with a more realistic view of how small firms operate. A first...

...Henning Madsen; Helle Neergaard; John P. Ulhøi This paper discusses human capital in connection with the entrepreneurial processes in knowledge‐based new ventures. Until recently, research on the founding of new ventures has focused mainly on the personal characteristics of entrepreneurs...